Dad Says

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I am giving up one of my dreams today
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I found out I can't always get my way
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And sometimes a dream isn't worth what you pay
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So I'm giving up one of my dreams today
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When we are children we look to the sky
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We want everything, I'm afraid to ask why
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And I saw the sparkling fish in the sea
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I dreamed I would find one who'd swim next to me
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And this called love and it's worth every reason
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Love is the cool and the warmth in each season
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But how does one love and what does one do
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When the dream that you have doesn't want to pick you

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But oh oh don't cry for me
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It's just one dream less on my shoulder
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And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
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Is just a sign I'm getting older
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He was a stoner and I'm like a light
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And when he would blaze I'd sing songs by his side
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But my dream takes two strong hearts that will fight
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And he doesn't dream, he just sleeps at night

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But oh oh don't cry for me
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It's just one dream less on my shoulder
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And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
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Is just a sign I'm getting older
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Oh they say to much smoking will change your taste
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Maybe that's why he's kissing some other girls face
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But I never dreamed of second place
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So I'd rather just quit than continue to race

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But oh oh don't cry for me
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It's just one dream less on my shoulder
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And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
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Is just a sign I'm getting older
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And oh oh I am singing on stage
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But it doesn't mean I know much better
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Oh oh oh oh, your probably like me
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Some days dreaming and some days a quitter
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I am giving up one of my dreams today
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After I held him and begged him to stay
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And after my dream will drown out to a whisper
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After I've burnt all the photo booth pictures
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And after I erased our names from the sky
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Stopped wondering how and asking why
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Oh I wish I had words to encourage inspire
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But the truth is I'm ripped and I'm sad and I'm tired
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I'm a loser in love and an abandoner of dreams
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And today I have up the one for him, and me